!!!!!!!!!new tank!!!!!!!!!

[clone]

so ive got a new tank.
It took about 2 weeks to get to the shop and the same day to drill and build an overflow.
I had already built the stand while waiting to get the tank. So all I had to do was get it home and get it running.
I filled it up yesterday and got it running.

This is what it looked like at the shop when I first received it in.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/waterless.jpg

I had already had the sump,pump,and skimmer
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/sump.jpg


and after 1am last night
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/withwater.jpg

[txav8r]

Sweet tank man! What are the dimensions?

[Gseclipse02]

so this was the tank you were talking about ...

very nice!!

[rockmp]

WOW!! Nice tank. Dimensions?

[clone]

its a marineland.
all 4 side are 1/2 starphire glass.
and the dims are 48x24x20.

man it was worth every penny to get starphire.
THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS GUYS...

[clone]

oh julian theres my entry for topless..

[ReefCube]

was this a custom tank? Those dimentions are perfect! What do you plan to keep in there?

[clone]

yeah it was custom,and i plan on going sps again with alittle of everything on the bottom.
lps and zoas

[danny]

nice tank, man! that crushed coral in there?

[oceancube]

looks good man, keep up the good work...

[snfkotara]

Beautiful Kevin I cant wait to see the yummy coral you get growing in there.

[Pennies2Cents]

Looks Cool! Love the actinic shot!

[Mr Cob]

KEVIN! Schweeet!!!

Yay, your corals have a new home and I can start slacking again on water changes LOL! Hey man, I managed to keep all of your coral alive even through red bugs and dosing interceptor! LOL! I had nightmares about losing the red planet and eflo. Haha!

Tank looks great man. Let me know if you need any macro algae and sand to seed.

[clone]

nice tank, man! that crushed coral in there?

its half and half
flordia crushed coral and reef grade sea floor

[clone]

thanks guys ill get some more pics up either tonight or tomarrow so you can see the rock work..

[Rvela]

ALL I CAN SAY IS...SWEET.

[clone]

more pics to come soon.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/1stfts.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/newrockwork.jpg

[clone]

LOOK AT THAT FLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ErikH]

2 words:
YOU SUCK!

DEWD that is so nice.... :)

[ACE]

2 words:
YOU SUCK!

DEWD that is so nice.... :)


Ditto! very nice tank bro!

[dmweise]

I love the rockscape. Your fish will have lots of room to roam.

[ReefCube]

do you have any problems with your sand being kicked around by the flow

[clone]

thanks guys.



my g/f actually did the scape, with my help of course but that was the goal,to give the fish as much space as we could give'em.


i have 1 vt at 100% and the other at 80% and no sand storms yet.
the reason why i had got half and half was for that reason,so the the crushed coral would weigh down the sea floor.

[Crazyeyes]

Dood it looks great, once its done we are going to have that race.

[mabel_photo6]

Wow. :hypnotyized:
I'm super jealous.
The flow of water looks AWESOME and the lights make me drool.

[mabel_photo6]

P.S. Custom?! Was it expensive? (Is it more expensive to get it custom made?)
Where'd you buy this wonderful aquarium??

[hobogato]

dont know how i missed the update pics - wow! this one is gonna be sweet!!

[ReefCube]

I really like the rockwork! cherry pieces you got there. Cant wait to see it with corals

[clone]

Dood it looks great, once its done we are going to have that race.

yeah for sure.
beat i'll win!!!!!
jk.
this can really be an unperdictable race,unlike the other one.

[clone]

P.S. Custom?! Was it expensive? (Is it more expensive to get it custom made?)
Where'd you buy this wonderful aquarium??

um yeah you could say it was expensive,it was in the 8 hundred range for just the square box.
I ordered it from marineland,here at the shop.



thanks richard,i cant waith either.

[Teeb]

Wow....they look so much better with water in them. :at_wits_end:

[mabel_photo6]

um yeah you could say it was expensive,it was in the 8 hundred range for just the square box.
I ordered it from marineland,here at the shop.



thanks richard,i cant waith either.

Holy :hypnotyized:
I wish I had more money. lol

[lakers10]

can u put crushed coral with live sand??

[Crazyeyes]

yeah I agree the other one is so much more predictable.

[Mr Cob]

How's the tank doing Kevin? Getting close to fish and coral time?

[clone]

How's the tank doing Kevin? Getting close to fish and coral time?

i put in a lavender tang sunday.
man she's burrrr-tiful!!!!!!

[recoiljpr]

Cool tank Kevin, what light color combination did you go with?

[Mr Cob]

Nice...pics?

Got anymore at the shop?

[aggman]

man how did i miss this thread????

this is the exact tank i have been looking for. my local lfs said they couldn't get it anywhere. and they carry marineland...

your tank is way cool. i have mine already on order. can't wait. i did it all on the phone, so it is nice to see what it will actually look like. lol.

~alex

[clone]

im running.
front
blue+
uvl 75/25
blue+
procolor
blue+
aquablue special
blue+
blue+

na man no camera,i'll be getting a new camera next month so no pics till then.
we sold the other one today.


thanks Alex,they get even better looking when its yours and in your house.

[clone]

can u put crushed coral with live sand??

yes siR.
thats excatuly what i did.

[lakers10]

oh cool i want to do that but my tank is already going so yeah how do u go along by adding it to my sand bed??

[kkiel02]

Slowly. Do a small section at a time so you don't kill off the critters in your existing sand bed.

[Squiers007]

Wow, not sure how I missed this one either. Looks great. What light fixture are you using what is your total water volume going to be in this?

[clone]

Slowly. Do a small section at a time so you don't kill off the critters in your existing sand bed.

that is excatuly how you do it!!!!

[clone]

its an 8 bulb TEK T-5 fixture.
very good fixture for the price.(FOR THE PRICE)
as for total volume i would have to say its about 150 gallons.

[lakers10]

so maybe through a hose??

[clone]

na more like,addeing about 5 lbs at one time.
then maybe another 10 in a week.

how big is your tank?

[lakers10]

55g

[clone]

yeah i would do like 4lbs a week.
spread out in different areas.

[lakers10]

yeah ill do that so wat should i put it in with??

[clone]

ok UPDATE

So for the past two weeks ive had a hair algae problem.
So I started adding MB7 again.
Added Phosban and Carbon in a reactor.
Did a water change monday night while the Colts were on.
The good thing is thats its not growing anymore and starting to white out.

Im turning off the skimmer at night to dose the MB7, and strating it back up every morning.

My Lavender tang is just loving the flow, drifting around,not even swimming unless she wants to graze on something.

Ph-8.3day
Ph-8.1 - 8.2morning (before i leave for work 6:45am)
Salt-1.026

oh and this morning woke up a 2am to a sucking noise,turs out a zebra snail was trying to go down the drain.
I tryed to pull it out of the bulk head but my fingers were to big, so I had to get a spoon and scoop it out.

[clone]

yeah ill do that so wat should i put it in with??

just get a plastic cup,and after you rinse the crushed coral,put the cup rigth side up into the tank all the way to the bottom and poor it out.Dont mix it, it'll mix itself.

[lakers10]

ok thanks for all the help

glad your tank is turning out fine:)

[clone]

ok thanks for all the help

glad your tank is turning out fine:)

thanks Mark.
no problem

[Mr Cob]

corals in yet?

[clone]

yes sir,ive got
6 chalices
3 zoa frags "some yellow ones,cats eyes, and some other really cool palys"
and 4 acro frags "red planet,blue tenuis,yellow/blue tip tenuis,and a fuzzy tabel"

man you have got to see them in person under that light to belive how viberant these corals look.
the glass is just amazing

[txav8r]

Didi you get a new camera yet?
You know we are gonna need some pictures....

[stoneroller]

I was drooling for the yellow ones at the store. Jeremy wouldn't sell them to me!

[clone]

Didi you get a new camera yet?
You know we are gonna need some pictures....

not yet Jack, im trying to pay off some other bills before I get another.
I tryed to take some pics with my g/f's camera and didnt work for me.

yeah im glad jeremy didnt sale em, tons of people kept going in there wanting perty much everything i had there.
if you have got some trades im always warm for them.
zoas,chalices,acans,palys or acros.

[ReefCube]

more pics! yea that starphire really does improve the clarity of everything. I would say its like watching tv in hi-def

[clone]

more pics! yea that starphire really does improve the clarity of everything. I would say its like watching tv in hi-def

dude seriously, it is!!!!

[clone]

in one more pay check from either R2U or the bank and i'll pay off the rest of my bill's, here we come camera.

[clone]

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/bigmac.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/redp.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/acro1.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/acro2.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/pinkgreen.jpg
and a pic of a buddy's and my car.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/cars.jpg

[Paul28]

see you got your camera very nice man that tank is sweet !!!

[Gseclipse02]

i vtec!!!!

[clone]

see you got your camera very nice man that tank is sweet !!!

yep, man im loving this camera, I need to learn how to use it alittle better, but i'll get there.

[clone]

i vtec!!!!

yes siR, it was the perfect time of day for that pic.

[diego]

Why did you go with 2 vtec's? Is it because it is a 4ft tank? Which vtecs did you get?

[Mr Cob]

I like braddah!

[txav8r]

keep the pictures coming man!

[ErikH]

I miss my teggy! My brothers friend has a powdercoated black one, looks nice!

NICE tank!

[clone]

Why did you go with 2 vtec's? Is it because it is a 4ft tank? Which vtecs did you get?

im using2 mp40w's , I got my first one about 6 months ago and loved it. So when I was setting up this I knew that just the 1 alone would be able to take care of the tank itself, but since ima flow freak I had to have one more.
It was a good choice to get another one because I have them running in 2 different modes and it creates some nice random flow. If you ever do own a vortech you will know that one is just not enougth.
Its like when someone has a great amount of power, all that person wants to do is get more power.
V-TEC= vearible timing emision control= its a type of head on a motor.

I really miss my old teg too, maybe i'll start a project car some time soon. I still have everything I need to boost a B-series engine

[Gseclipse02]

boost the K !!! i miss the car scene lol some of the stOOpid tuned k series we had down in FL rode out. The stupid transmissions would give out all the time tho .... if you need anything K wise i have hook up with clutchmasters a buddy is on the pit crew team/ tech

[clone]

back on topic.
I was off form the store and took a ton of pics but only a few made the cut.All pics were taken with all 8 bulbs on.
I got these form the shop and man they really glow.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/toxic.jpg
ive had this acro since the 90 cube, but its never looked like this, its like a deep red, with pink, green and yellow.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/champainge.jpg
every time i would set up to take a pic this guy was always in front of the camera.thanks for the fish mike.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/pts.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/purplepalys.jpg
Thanks again minzie.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/sunset.jpg

[Mr Cob]

Kevin...those pics and corals look HOT!

Ok.....I have to see..

......FTS!

[Mr Cob]

Where's the Red Planet?

I knwo this is it below...but the white one above looks like it too...tell me it didn't morph into the colors above....that's crazy if so.

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/redp.jpg

[GoneReefing]

Nice tank man!

[justahobby]

Great Tang Kevin. Hmmm there's a rose milli missing from those pics?

[ErikH]

yes siR, it was the perfect time of day for that pic.

Ah man you had to say siR. :(

I miss my tegaroo. :(

Wifey has the 06 vtec accord v6. it SCREAMS. :)

[ErikH]

what is that monti? err the encrusting one.

[clone]

Where's the Red Planet?

I knwo this is it below...but the white one above looks like it too...tell me it didn't morph into the colors above....that's crazy if so.

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/redp.jpg

na man the one in this pic is the RP, that other one is more of a yellow with green and maroon.If i had to pic a fav coral in my tank it would be that one.

[clone]

Nice tank man!

thanks dude!!

[clone]

Great Tang Kevin. Hmmm there's a rose milli missing from those pics?

its there I just had some problems with it when I first put it in. It fell onto a chalice and the chalice won.Its on the way back to the top, its grown about a MM since I got it from you.lol

[clone]

Ah man you had to say siR. :(

I miss my tegaroo. :(

Wifey has the 06 vtec accord v6. it SCREAMS. :)

Nice I love that extra little kick.

[clone]

what is that monti? err the encrusting one.

its a sunset monti.. It glows under these lights. Or some times I dont know if its the glass that makes these corals look so much better. Either way they look great.

[Mrs. z28pwr]

Your tank looks great!!!! Love those sparkling pink palys and the green palys I purchased from the store are sooooo bright and big also!!!!

I am glad you like the sunset!!! Thanks for the trade............:)

[clone]

no problem, when the others start to grow, you know you've got first frag.

[clone]

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/100rimstar.jpg

[Mr Cob]

That's so awesome Kevin. Thx for posting a FTS!

[aquasport24]

Looking good Kevin, where is the water line at? 1" or 2" from the top? May want to reposition the Vortech power cord to the top just incase it falls.

[clone]

thanks guys , the water level is at an 1" 1/2 and I cant put the cord upward like the way its suppost to be, kindda hard to explain

[clone]

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/ftsforrob.jpg

just posting this here aswell for my records

[wkada]

Kevin, tank is looking outstanding, looks like you even have some frags growing in the sand. Is that a new clownfish? Needs a nice BTA to host in. If you need some bubble algae to spice things up a bit, i still have plenty.

[RayAllen]

Hey after speaking to you this last Saturday I figured id check out your tank. Looks sick man. Very nice.

[clone]

Hey after speaking to you this last Saturday I figured id check out your tank. Looks sick man. Very nice.

thanks dude, Ill try and get some better pics some time later.

[clone]

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/mac.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/mac2.jpg

[Mr Cob]

Beautiful Kevin! When you going to invite me over for a frag swap dude?

[Rvela]

Nice tank dude! Hopefully i can get down there soon and check it out in. It's always better in person.

[sharkboy]

colors are so vivid!!!! nice tank...

[Teeb]

Kevin.......give me your coral.

[hobogato]

how did i miss this yesterday?!

tank is looking incredible kevin - i really like the rock arrangement!

nice job

[clone]

thanks guys, Roy hopefully you can make it tomarrow, Rob ive been trying to call you, im always up for a trade. im off on monday if you can come by. Ace lmk when that frags ready Please. Steve im getting out you can have my whole tank.

[Teeb]

Big thanks to Kevin for the sweet new setup. Very generous of you...I can't image how much it cost to setup.

[ErikH]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.... Yummy... Love the rockwork.

[Reefer4ever]

Is the op still here? If so....... UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!

[Teeb]

He's still floating around somewhere...just not associated with R2U any more.

[txav8r]

Yep. Kevin is still around. Nice guy. I'm sure he will update soon enough.

[Regric25]

I wonder if this could be moved to the photography or general thread so it can be enjoyed by more people. Maybe he will update....

[clone]

Yeah i guess ive just kinda fell off. Teeb still trys to keep me intrested, but im not feeling it as much as I use to. It may be the lack of enthusiast around here now a days. Maybe T5's were my demise. Maybe I set this one up wrong, im not sure what it is.
Actully ive been REAL excited about the LMAR thing but I see little intrest from others.
maybe after that ill be super into it again.

I WILL BE THERE!!!!!!!

[ReefCube]

i am feeling the same. dont worry it will pass. I am also taking it much slower because i realized how much of my funds were being dumped into my tank. I have too many better things to spend my money especially in this economy. I stepped back and was wondering why i spent $60 on a fish that died and why i spent $40 on a coral. I love high end stuff but I really needed to slow down. I could have 3 other hobbies and spend less money than this one. not to put down this hobby but as we all know it is expensive! haha

[kkiel02]

I actually went cheaper coming into this hobby, used to rockcrawl, and if you werent breaking you werent going big enough. lol Probably one of the few hobbies that might be more expensive.

What I love most about this hobby is- it is always changing. I went from a beginning reef tank(softies), to a LPS craze, to a SPS faze now kind of back to LPS including mainly chalices but still encrusting montis.

There are just so many different routes you can take, it is what has kept me going on for this long, I am usually a.d.d. with hobbies.
Plus as I am sure you are aware of- automation makes this hobby alot less stressful. I try to keep corals that allow me flexibility. I like to travel but dont think twice about leaving my tank unattended for 3-4 days. 5 I will get a tank sitter. :)

[clone]

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/newrock.jpg
new rock work.im starting to grow onot it. its got more places to put coral and my fish love swimming up around the top now.
Ive got a radiant wrasse, a mystry wrasse, clown (who fallows all the other fish around) and a kole tang.

[Mr Cob]

Looks nice kevin. WOuld love to see some close-up shots.

[clone]

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/olblue.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/mush.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/mummy.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/lop.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/ehhh.jpg

[clone]

lol on the top two you can see i didnt clear in "paint" when i resized

[Mr Cob]

lol! That's funny.

Great pics and corals dude!

What's this one?
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv6/unseen_dc5/mummy.jpg

[clone]

mummy eye.